Howdy everyone.
An hour ago I decided to encrypt my Optimus G Pro running SlimKat 4.4.2 and things have gone awry. During the encryption process it asked me for a "Pin". I assumed this was my lockscreen pin that it was asking for so I put that in. The next screen prompted me to plug in my device and wait ~1 hour. I came back to the phone rebooted at the decrypt screen asking for a password.
I have tried the Pin I gave before I hit the encrypt button (which was my lock screen pin) as well as my Google account password but nothing is working.
Was the encryption setup supposed to ask me for another password specifically for encrypting / decrypting or is it my lock screen code that isn't working? Or is there a default password that it's on that I change after encrypting? If not, I guess I'll be doing a factory reset.
Edit: Ended up just factory resetting it.
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Strange issue. So I decided to flash AICP and gave it a shot, but for some reason the setup did not go past the 'set fingerprint' screen. So I decided to head back to my OOS nandroid backup. But after boot I was not able to unlock the screen with the same pattern that I used to unlock both TWRP and the encryption of the device. What could be wrong?
It's a twrp bug. Before u make a nanodroid backup remember to remove your lockscreen password
I setup pattern-unlock yesterday and used it a few times. Now that same pattern isn't working. I can boot into TWRP and that pattern will work. So I factory reset and the pattern lock is still there and I am still unable to get into my phone. How can I fix this?
Edit: I forgot to mention that I am getting an error "unable to mount storage".
Hi guys,
I have put a pattern for booting to unlock the phone. I have restarted the phone multiple times and entered the boot pattern without any issue.
I have flashed a MIUI8 ROM and about 3 days later I restarted the phone and my phone is now asking for a password to boot.
Even when using TWRP it is asking for the password to decrypt the mount data.
Can anyone help me? Im open to deleting the phone.
Is there a way to formate the entire phone while booting?
Hi there,
First timer on the forums. I rooted my phone around mid February of this year and haven't had a problem until recently. I've noticed I cannot press the OK key after I entered my pin. The OS just doesn't recognize it. And it turns off normally as if I took too long to press anything and the phone sleeps. Reason I posted is because I have the phone on fingerprint setup, but when I restarted my phone, it required me to enter my pin. But I can't even enter my pin and unlock my phone. I seriously don't want to have to go into recovery mode to do a factory reset/data wipe.
Any suggestions? Anything but data wiping would be appreciated.
Never mind
I don't have time to waste since I need this for work. You may close this thread.
Hi all,
I've got an Honor 7x European version full stock (no oem unlocked, stock recovery, stock rom) on Android 7.
Since 4 days after SIM pin unlocked, the phone asked as usual the screen unlock password. If I enter the password (I know the right password), the phone says after 5 bads atempts that it is blocked for 30 seconds and after that for 1 hour.
I've no "forgot password" displayed on the bottom of the screen and I can't reset screen password throught google device manager (https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager) because google didn't see the phone since the issue, even though the phone got GSM network and wifi.
Is there a solution to bypass the screen lock without loosing my datas (I know the factory reset solution, but I want to save my phone contacts, sms, calendar, photos, etc. before reseting) ?
Thank you in advance.
I tried to change my PIN on my A70 and must have mis-typed it; in any case, I can no longer unlock the phone. After multiple attempts I get a "wait 29 seconds" message, then it starts from the beginning.
All the various instructions for switching off without a PIN and doing a factory reset fail, I always get back to the lock screen.
Can anyone help?
Seems like you are have problem with Android Factory Reset Protection. You can try entering one of your last google account on that device.